The 2011 National and Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association Joint Conference, The Marriott Rivercenter, San Antonio, April 20-23, 2011.

This is a special CFP on the television series True Blood.

We especially encourage presentations on:
• The series’ vampire mythos in relation to other vampire archetypes/popular constructions of vampires
• The construction of the American South
• Socioeconomic class
• Sexuality & Gender Performance
• Race & Ethnicity
• Violence, Sex & Eroticism
• The Music of True Blood
• The adaptation/transformation of the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris into the television series
• Fan culture

Include with the submission full contact information including email, phone, snail mail, and institutional affiliation.

Deadline for proposal submissions: December 15, 2010. Earlier proposals are welcomed and will be responded to with all due haste. The registration deadline is January 7, 2011. All participants must register by that date or they will not be permitted to present or appear in the program.

More about the SF&F Area:
The Area was founded in 1995 by Prof. Richard Tuerk of the Texas A&M University-Commerce (formerly East Texas State University) and author of Oz in Perspective (McFarland, 2007). The Area is currently chaired by Ximena Gallardo C. of the City University of New York-LaGuardia and co-author of Alien Woman: The Making of Lt. Ellen Ripley (Continuum: 2004), Alyson Buckman of the California State University-Sacramento, Tamy Burnett of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Brian Cowlishaw of Northeastern State University. Though the co-chairs consult on submissions, Ximena is primarily responsible for the general organization of the conference panels and coordinates special panels, Alyson and Tamy coordinate the Whedonverse panels (Buffy, Firefly, Angel, and etc.), and Brian reviews and organizes the literature panels.

With an average of 70+ presenters annually, The Science Fiction and Fantasy Area of the Southwest and Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association is one of the most dynamic and well attended areas at the conference. Numerous book and article publications have originated from our panels.